JOHN MASEFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL
SUGGESTED READING LIST
2016
Here are a list of books you might enjoy. Most are available from the school
library. You can also find books at your local public library, for more information on these please visit:
https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/libraries
http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/libraries
The reading list has been organised by genre/subject
ACTION & ADVENTURE
Noughts & Crosses (Series)
Malorie Blackman
Stormbreaker (Series)
Anthony Horowitz
How To Train your Dragon (Series)
Cressida Cowell
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson
The Cherub Series
Robert Muchamore
Holes
Louis Sachar
The Hobbit
J.R.R Tolkien
Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Deadmans Cove
Lauren St. John
ANIMALS
The White Giraffe
Lauren St. John
Warrior Cats (Series)
Erin Hunter
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Sky Hawk
Gill Lewis
Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Hanna’s Suitcase
Karen Levine
I am Malala: The girl who stood up for education
And was shot by the Taliban
Malala Yousafzai
Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby
Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Roald Dahl
Going Solo
Roald Dahl
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
BULLYING (Stories with characters affected by bullying)
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness
Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell
Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead
Star Girl
Jerry Spinelli
Smile
Raina Telgemeier
Blubber
Judy Blume
Carrie
Stephen King
CLASSICS
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Pride & Prejudice
Jane Austen
The War of the Worlds
H.G.Wells
Treasure Island
R.L Stevenson
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
The Borrowers
Mary Norton
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Stig of the Dump
Clive King
COMING OF AGE NOVELS (BILDUNGSROMAN)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Paper Towns
John Green
Looking for Alaska
John Green
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D Salinger
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
CRIME, THRILLERS & MYSTERY
Silverfin (Series)
Charlie Higson
Stone Cold
Robert Swindells
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
We Were Liars
E. Lockhart
The Murder Notebooks (Series)
Anne Cassidy
Theodore Boone (Series)
John Grisham
Murder Most Unladylike (Series)
Robin Stevens
Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Series)
James Patterson
DYSTOPIA
The Hunger Games (Trilogy)
Suzanne Collins
1984
George Orwell
Divergent (Trilogy)
Veronica Roth
The Maze Runner (Series)
James Dashner
Gone (Series)
Michael Grant
The Giver
Lois Lowry
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Trilogy)
Patrick Ness
The Wind Singer (Trilogy)
William Nicholson
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Uglies (Series)
Scott Westerfield
The Handmaids Tale
Margaret Attwood
FANTASY
Skellig
David Almond
Percy Jackson & The Lightening Thief (Series)
Rick Riordan
Artemis Fowl (Series)
Eoin Colfer
The Fire Within (Series)
Chris d’Lacey
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Series)
Tony DiTerlizzi
The Lion the Witch & The Wardrobe (Series)
C.S.Lewis
Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone (Series)
J.K. Rowling
Northern Lights (Trilogy)
Philip Pullman
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series)
Lemony Snicket
The Spooks Apprentice (Series)
Joseph Delaney
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Lionboy (Trilogy)
Zizou Corder
Magyk (Series)
Angie Sage
FRIENDSHIP & FAMILY
Wonder
R.J. Palacio
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Annabel Pitcher
Starseeker
Tim Bowler
There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom
Louis Sachar
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
How I Live Now
Meg Rosoff
Apple & Rain
Sarah Crossan
The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time
Mark Haddon
Face
Benjamin Zephaniah
FUNNY
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Series)
Jeff Kinney
Tom Gates (Series)
Liz Pichon
World of Norm (Series)
Jonathan Meres
Barry I am Not a Loser (Series)
Jim Smith
Mr Stink
David Walliams
Demon Dentist
David Walliams
Grandpa’s Great Escape
David Walliams
GOTHIC
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
The Yellow Wallpaper
C. Perkins Gilman
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
R.L Stevenson
The Raven & Other Tales
Edgar Allan Poe
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
The Woman In White
Wilkie Collins
The Red Room
H.G. Wells
The Woman in Black
Susan Hill
HISTORICAL
Buffalo Soldier
Tanya Landman
Street Child
Berlie Doherty
The Book Thief
Markus Zusack
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
A Little Princess
F. Hodgson Burnett
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
My Story (Series)
Various Authors
The Middle of Nowhere
G. McCaughrean
HORROR
Skulduggery Pleasant (Series)
Derek Landy
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Cirque du Freak (Series)
Darren Shan
My Sword Hand is Swinging
Marcus Sedgwick
Mister Creecher
Chris Priestley
Tinder
Sally Gardner
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
The Mortal Instruments (Series)
Cassandra Clare
City of Bones (Series)
Cassandra Clare
Twilight (Series)
Stephenie Meyer
Evermore (Series)
Alyson Noel
Fallen (Series)
Lauren Kate
Shiver (Series)
Maggie Stiefvater
SCIENCE FICTION
Time Riders (Series)
Alex Scarrow
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
I am Number Four (Series)
Pittacus Lore
More Than This
Patrick Ness
The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey
I Boy
Kevin Brooks
The Supernaturalist
Eoin Colfer
The Eye of Minds
James Dashner
MAGICAL REALISM
The BFG
Roald Dahl
James & the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
Five Children & It
E. Nesbit
The Secret Garden
F. Hodgson Burnett
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
The Watcher in the Shadows
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Iron Man
Ted Hughes
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce
The Cuckoo Song
Frances Hardinge
The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge
WAR
Stay where you are then leave
John Boyne
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
Auslander
Paul Dowsell
War Horse
Michael Morpurgo
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Once (Series)
Morris Gleitzman
Carrie’s War
Nina Bawden
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Judith Kerr
Goodnight Mr Tom
Michelle Magorian
I am David
Anne Holm
How To Choose A Good Book
Ask your FRIENDS, have any of them read a great book they
could recommend?
Ask your TEACHER or the LIBRARIAN, they will be able to point
you in the right direction of a great book.
Has the AUTHOR written other books that you really enjoyed?
Do you like the COVER? Check out the BLURB on the back and
try reading some of the FIRST PAGE
You can also visit these websites to help you choose a great
book to read…
www.lovereading4kids.co.uk
www.booktrust.org.uk
www.goodreads.com